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turbo_jimi
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http://seattle.craigslist.org/skc/cto/2556107584.html
Why would they do what they did to this car?
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blue89
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fiveoformula
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Thats really clean! |
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Al Hasse
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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| blue89 wrote: | Cause it has the rare rear window wiper option and berli trim package.  What are those things on the dash? It doesn't look right to me. |
It has the Berli trim because it is a Berli. Take a close look at the interior and you can see the pod radio on the console.
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turbo_jimi
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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No doubt its a clean looking car. Wonder if they modded the suspension to handle the engine.
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aaron_sK
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1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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Nice car, not a terrible starting price. Too bad he stayed with the SBC and the factory GM crap.
My guess would be old guy with bucks and an attachment to the car. |
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turbo_jimi
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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| aaron_sK wrote: | Nice car, not a terrible starting price. Too bad he stayed with the SBC and the factory GM crap.
My guess would be old guy with bucks and an attachment to the car. |
His name is skip...probably early 50s.
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QwkTrip
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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| That's actually a nice car if you can get past the body style. |
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aaron_sK
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| Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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| QwkTrip wrote: | | if you can get past the body style |
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jchaussee
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| Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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| That is at least 2K overpriced. There is a guy in milton that's sellin a built camaro with a nice body to go with it. Car body. Don't know about his. |
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jchaussee
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| Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| On another note has somebody seen the guy selling the suspension parts for the MID sixties camaro |
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QwkTrip
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| Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Personally, I'd rather have 1 nice car then 1.5 sh***y cars. |
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aaron_sK
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| Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Says the guy who is building a car out of like 17 that he bought on eBay. |
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RSFreak
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1989 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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| Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| QwkTrip wrote: | | That's actually a nice car if you can get past the body style. |
Yeah. 
BTW, the Berli dash beats all! 
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rjmcgee
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| aaron_sK wrote: | Nice car, not a terrible starting price. Too bad he stayed with the SBC and the factory GM crap.
My guess would be old guy with bucks and an attachment to the car. |
I agree the LSX is the new small block, but it doesn't automatically make everything else a POS. I'll run my old POS small block against your banana hammock anyday. |
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aaron_sK
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| Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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| rjmcgee wrote: | | I'll run my old POS small block against your banana hammock anyday. |
Okay. 
*Edit: I suppose I should expound on this a little, Rodney. I don't mean to dump on SBC's in general. I have had several and they have been better to me than a lot of sh*t I have owned. I beat on the L98 in my IROC unmerciful like and it took it like a champ while every other component on the car failed.
The point I was trying to make is that if you have FIVE GRAND to spend on an engine(as this old fart obviously did) there is not a single compelling reason to purchase something that was built in the 1950's and then try to pretend that you didn't just become the proud owner of a second a**h*le. |
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rjmcgee
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| aaron_sK wrote: | | rjmcgee wrote: | | I'll run my old POS small block against your banana hammock anyday. |
Okay.
*Edit: I suppose I should expound on this a little, Rodney. I don't mean to dump on SBC's in general. I have had several and they have been better to me than a lot of sh*t I have owned. I beat on the L98 in my IROC unmerciful like and it took it like a champ while every other component on the car failed.
The point I was trying to make is that if you have FIVE GRAND to spend on an engine(as this old fart obviously did) there is not a single compelling reason to purchase something that was built in the 1950's and then try to pretend that you didn't just become the proud owner of a second a**h*le. |
20,000 miles on engine, he probably put this thing together 3 or 4 years ago. LSx was still kind of exotic then. I know several guys that have spent several grand on thier SBC's. If faced with replacing the engine today I think all of them would go with the LSx platform now, I know I would. There is a good reason we run engines designed in the 50's, casue they did a pretty damn good job. With modern technology in heads and camshafts they are still pretty good today. |
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